The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 30, 1909, Image 1
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VOL. XXXII1
BARXWKLL. S. a, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1909
FARNUM BRIBED
Drtwi^ the Net Tighter ud fighter
EVIDENCE VERY STRONG
- -Xhs EcoBgcatjqft thp gtfte !>*•»
penMtrjr Ciwe* Had a Regular
Field Day—The Link* in the
Chain of Evidence Carefully Fit
ted Together by tTie State.
The prosecution of the grafters in
gio.” He was paid 1260 a month
and expenses and Farnum had set
tled up promptly at the end of three
weeks. * ^
Farnum represented a number of
houses. Including the Richland Dis
tillery Company, Lanahan, the Big
Four and others. When working
for Farnum h e v isited the dispensers,
Induced them to order the stuff-.
He sent a copy of this order to Far-
hiunfr and (mother to the State die-
DR COOK CROSS-EXAMINED
the State Dispensary matter is be
coming very interesting. Before a
Jury which is to pass upon J. 8.
Farnums' guilt or his right to liber
ty, Joe B. Wylie swore unreservedly
that he had accepted bribes from
Farnum.
While Farnum is being tried fof
a particular offeree, that of giving
a bribe for |1,126 to Joe B. Wylie,
yet the testimony took wide latitude
and W’ylie testified that this trans
action was but an Incident of a reg
ular business connection with Far
num. He alleged that Farnum had
assisted in W’ylie's campaign for
'‘^Xjelectlon; that after being elected
■^IB-rWyHu wag approached to use his In
fluence in behalf of whiskey and beer
concerns represented by Farnum;
that in pursuance of agreement W’ylie
exerted that Influence and therefore
received the remuneration agreed up
on. * That Farnum had paid him in
money at time, and at other times
had given him drafts made payable
to a third party, Henry Samuels,
for there was an Investigation com
mittee trying to get hold of Infor
mation and Wylie didn’t wish his
name to appear in writing.
The defense attacked Wylie with
out vigor, but the general opinion
of those who heard the proceedings
was that while Wylie was presented
in a very poor light so far as his
past conduct w-as concerned, yet
his credibility was not Impeached
* The prosecution has pieced togeth
er what is considered a very strong
case, and ‘the defense will under
take to tear It down. Beginning
with an unnamed draft presented for
collection traced that instrument
through the banks of Chester, Co
lumbia and Charleston to the very
cash drawer of Farnum's place of
v business In Charleston. The defend
ant could not be forced to produce
it. but the secondary evidence of
its having existed is almost unim
peachable
Wylie swore than Farnum gave
him a draft for $1,125 payable to
Hanry Samuels and Samuels later
testified that the draft was turned"
over to him and that he cashed Tt and
gave the money, to Wylie.
The motive for such transactions
£ .was also presented with skill. The
“purchaalng clause" of the old dis-
g v^ law was put in evidence,
* * O a.ooks, minute books, rec-
o » ® jjirchasee and of awards and
€*/r—
pensary. ^
Under the cross-examination gamr
uels said he came here very often
several years to visit a woman of
■m repute.—-«♦ gas*-, this AVojpjm.
money -to build a house. He also
played cards sometimes for money.
‘T got no rakeoff on this draft," he
cause 1 got my orders and made
my money on these commissions paid
me.”
The witness got checks from
Farnum in 1907 and 1908, the larg
est being for $600. In 1906 the
only check he received was for $300.
This was for work of three weeks
but Farnum and Wylie fell out over
the manner of shipping "Long Horn"
to dispensers.
He paid Wylie on 160 cases of
goods one-half of the commission
amounting to $3 00.
Nobody could get any business
down there unless they paid com
missions to the board,” said the wit
ness.
The witness evidently had consid
erable trouble with the dispensary
commission. He was summoned to
appear, according to his statement,
and at once consulted an attorney
now connected with the defense.
This attorney said there was no oc
casion for a lawyer in a case where
Samuels had been summoned as a
witness. The witness after consid-
f »
erable questioning finally admitted
the testimony brought out above
He said that he had been advised
by his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemphill,
to tell everything and it would prob
able be to his advantage.
And you are not going to be
prosecuted?” queried the defense.
I understood that's what it meant
but I have never been told so. My
attorney told me not to worry,”
was the response
Samuels produced a little memo
randum book showing the commis
sions paid and the schedule required
by the board.
Wylie had prepared the schedule
and he, the witness, always paid the
rate fixed by Wylie.
The book was introduced in evi
dence and then there was a pleasant
little spat between the attorneys on
the admission of the book. Judge
Memmlnger ruled that it was evi
dence. The commissions paid were
given to Wylie. He was also paid by
Fa/ um for work done among the
dispensaries but this amount-
little.
Schmidt of St. Louis was
then called and testified that he is
employed by the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing association. This was all
asked the witness.
Mr. Stevenson then announced that
the Stat^rested its case.
FoHy^UsvsiMtKT Men Fire All Kinds
of Questions at the Explorer, bat
dtn Answer Them All. w
Dr. Frederick iL CdbkT
rest and seclusion with his family
after thn —baiiterpm welcome joJT
Tuesday, denied himself to inter-
The
A DOUBLE CRIME cornu fwji aim
THE POLE FINDER SUBMITS TO
GRUELLING INTERVIEW.
A Graarlk IhiUls His Wife ui BUws
0* His On Bnias.
given 10 W
Vaf u m fo
cs/ Ay disp
\o littlo
N 3. A. V.
UIYKH TEN MORE YEARS.
To a
minutes of
** * ir m *• ,h * board
Q. A. kenandy wai i„ u, wn na
t a ” ® a,u * proved hi* frieud-
Z S ^ £ -r r T, * a P,N » r *-*. which 1« fully
Man Who Hm Spent Thirty
Years Behind the Bars.
Irty years
After serving nearly
orison «
'suk tne hi
■%- h , flU har « e8 °y
views Wednesday and remained in
his suit at the WoldDrf-Astoria,
in New York, until late Wednesday
afternoon, when he submitted cheer
fully to one cf the severest cross-
examinations since he announced his
discovery of the North Bo'e. Fhc
ordeal of the Interview, which was
conducted by forty newspaper repre
sentatives, including several from
foreign newspapers, proved at least
that he was not afraid to meet the
public. Incidentally the city of Naw
York offlcially recognised his achieve
ment Wednesday when the board of
aldermen passed a resolution, com
memorating his discovery and pro
viding for a public welcome at the
City Hall. The date of the recep
tion will be announced later.
As the questions asked were put
by laymen they did not go deeply
into the scientific aspect of the ex
pedition. But Dr. Cook was ready
to answer anything pertinent to the
issue.
The most Interesting phase of the
Interview was reached when Dr.
Cook was asked if he would object
to showing his diary. He immedi
ately consented, and after retiring
to his room, returned with a small
octavo note book, which he showed
freely to all. It was a thin book
containing 176 pages, each of which
was filled with fifty or sixty lines
of pencilled writing of the most
minute character.
The book he said, contained con
slderably more than one hundred
thousand words, while he has be
sides other books embracing his ob
servations and other data.
Interviews Severe.
The interviews were rather severe
In regard to details, but nothing in
dlrated that the Polar travellers
mdmory was at fault even in the
most minute particulars. Some
times when a petty question Inidi
rated ignorance, he smiled with good
humofed sympathy at the lack of
technical knowledge displayed.
Not once did he refuse to reply,
except wnen the name of‘fcommander
Peary was broached. Even then
he said that he had always and did
now consider Peary as his friend,
but controversial subjects in connec
tion with his rival he avoided en
tirely. saying that they could wait.
When requested to say what had
occurred at his meeting with Harry
Whitney, the New Haven sports
man, he said he piefrrred to let
Whitney tell his own story, as Whit
ney was quite unbiased. His rea
sons in Imposing secrecy on Whitney,
on Pritchard. Commander Peary’s
cabin hoy, and the Eskimos, were
nrompted bv his desire to be the
first to tell the world his discovery.
had done the work, he said, sn*
was entitle to relate how it had
FRAUD ALLEGED
NO. 5
SIXTY HIED
8IX PERSONS ARE MURDERED BY I AGAINST THE DORCHESTER
BAND OF ROBBERS | BOARD OF REGISTRATION.
New Orieaas Ml Swwftf
ga- „ | L Las — -*
dCmcE wj nvmcue.
MAN USED A SHOT GUN
At Hurley, W. Va., Who Burn the I Governor Ansel Makes Rigid In-
House |of Their Victims With vestigatlon and Issues an Order PROPERTY LOSS HUJONS
Five of the Bodies. I to Show Canse. 1; ;;
An entire family of six persons Charged with malfesance In offlee.
The Tragedy Took Place in the] were murdered and the bodies off general jniaeeaduct and negligence,
all but one of the victims were burn- the board of registration of Dorchea-'l
Damage to Crops
with their home at Hurley, Bu-jter county has been summoned by
ville and There Were Only Small J c ii anan county, Virginia, early TTmrksTfltff. 1 AfltfgT to appear—tn
Children la the Houie When It] The imotlve was eveidently to ghow canse why they should not
robbery, as the owner of the house, I be re moved. A dispatch to The
Was Enacted. 1 aa aged WO man, known as "Aunt | State from g t . George gives the fol-
A dispatch from Greenville to The I Betty” Justis, waa supposed to have
State says one of the most horrible kept a large sum of money about
domestic tragedies that has ever J the P lace -
Mrs. Justice, her
Mills Levelled—Miles of Territory
tajjp WuBte Maui Osf—a la
ering from the Blow.
Gradually Nsw Orleans and the
territory surrounding the Crescent
lowing about the matter: —
The board of canvassers took cog-1 City is recovering from the flrnt ef-
nizance of the discrepancy and made | feet of the tropical hurricane, which,
starting Sunday, continued through*
taken place near that city in a num-1 * r8 - son-in-law, I a report of thelr flnd j ngH t o the gov-
ber or years, occorrod "'he" Uml'|*" r " UU « ™ ^
village Friday morning when G. W. Kig^^g- body, badly mutilated,
Qallaway, a mill employe, shot and was found lying in the yard of his I of Gov. Ansel, came down to 8t.
Instantly killed hla wife, and then destroyed home, the funeral pyre of George a couple of daya later In
b, e . ..,0. out ..tb .b, "■ , hi _
weapon, a double-barreled breech WO und in the neck, which almost and complete examination, going but as yet this report hu not ytt
loading shotgun. severed the head from the body, through all of the record* In the been authenticated.
The crime was committed about 5 gave the discoverers their first evl- matter and his report confirmed that I The property lost will run Into tbs
and ,hare were no witnese- dence of the « xtent ot th e tragedy, of the board of canvassers.
os, ,«v, two small cblMreu, .bo can * ■i*"* ^ w « k * "
not give a coherent account of the disclosed a sickening spectacle. The Towsend of Columbia, former as-
terrible hanpenlngs. blackened masses of half burned Forney general, was here for
It Is supposed that Callaway and flesh and charred bones of two wo- the purpose of looking nto
on unfriendly j men and three children were found '^e matter. He secured a numb
' beneath the debris, each body bear- »f a ^‘ t8 .. “ ha “J‘ i r U ® "i . or r.uruau i.c.ut.c
ing evidences of murder committed Us &nd telephone communication with
mere is aino » iuujui mm. mo i before the house was destroyed by J wn*Anrt returned to Columbia!^® outside world. It was not until
husband was suspicious of his wife. Are. evidently for the purpose of Mr. Tow “^ d W ® dneada y Q ifbt that the WflMfm
When found by Deputy Justice of hiding the crime. The elder woman’s the summons were sent to Sheriff i?ninf4 T0tfttMah wmm aMa
the vtllsen the two bodies were ly-1 •kull was upturned some distance J Owens for senrice and they were ser.
% cuSd up rrri.Z: b, *- r.m„ud,r of bur b.„|.d on Wednesday Uat ...b.
his wife had> been
terms for a long time, having had |
sharp words about their son, Ben.
There is also a rumor that the j
out Monday and Monday night.
Sixty-three human Uvea nro now
positively known to hava been claim
ed as victims of the atom, and tor-
Two bullet holes I order to conduct an investigation in-1 ty others are reported to have been
a ghastly | to the affair. He made a thorough | lost in lower Terre Bonne Pariah,
millions.
Miles and miles of territory have
been laid waste. Grope have prac
tically been ruined.
Dwellings, cotton gtne and sugar
number I have been leveled. New Or
leans u> sadly crippled in the way
of railroad faclUtiea and 'telegraph
Union Telegraph Company waa aMe
to get a working wire out of the
city. For two days the city’s only
side.
burned body amid the smouldering The board of registration is com- communlcatlon . t i, e outside
. . .. v ,v I ruins. I posed of Elias Doar of Summerville,
The woman ^ a8 d 8 d the^entlre | Another daughter of Mra. Juatls|Bunk Llmehouse of Beech Hill and
A. W. Rumph of Grover, the first
world waa over an Improffead long
distance telephone circuit of the As
sociated Press. Both the nilnoia
b&clt of tho
. , .v„ blown in. I told the police that her mother had I
to ^mass of bloody flesh. In the a lar K e BUm of mone y burled under named being chairman Mr. Doar | a * d th# Nash-
arm of the man lay the weapon which the 8111 of the bou8e - and they * uc - lB paah,er tbe Ban ^ of Dorchester vIUe rallroad> haT# auffered haarv
ceeded In digging up $950 in gold and Mr. Llmehouse is a P ro ■P erou, J i oai miles of their tracks ha^^. A
pHv Tshort double-barreled breech I and 8llver The murderers are sup- farmer. Mr. Rumph, who ,B abo « f been washed away. It will ba SOV-
y ’ I posed to have secured the $600 170 t’ears of age, is an ox-Confederate I ^ (h e Loulgiltya and
which "Aunt Betty" always carried soldier. Nashville will again be ronnlng ~
on her perton. An effort was made to roenre an fratlI:f over the|r own trateA 1 , From
Bloodhounds were rushed to the J interview from Mr. Doar over 'on* I ear |y w e< j neada y (nornlng, the death
scene and In a short time they took distance phone hut he could not h* |j gt j n tbe i ower portion 0 f Terre
the trail of the supposed murderers got on aceount of the fact that the I g onnR Parish increased as details
in a cornfield wlflch Joined the Jus- wires between 8t George and Rum-J ot the hurrtrane'e destruction were
Ms home. There the foot prints of mervllle are down The alleged false K J0Ur jy received until iWednesday
three m<;n were found ImpreB^ed in J entries are sunimsed to have j night it numbered twenty-nine* It
the soft soil. A posse of filtlzens, made on the first Monday in August. I j, reported that at least fifty others
. . u u .v. h,wvll y krmed, are following the this t>elng the laH regular meeting are missing, they are said to IHfll
8 o clock, when the older a g ep | t ) i ood h om , d8i p^nt 0 n lynching the 0 f the. board before the prohibition | )een dro wned or crushed In the fly
loading shotgun, in which were two
discharged shells.
A lamp was burning in the kitch
en. Tiny clots of Mood and brains
were scattered over the bed and over |
both bodies.
Neighbors heard two shots in the
early morning, one within minute or
two of the other. No notice was
taken of them, however, until about
«n. ^ "'V, .
hot! ^
•csttK ^ oN »
In company with Dr
U duil'li sad Mr. EL M. Brnirh
w-'i*—(a gg .
* * ^ ' muerrnr two \ '
11 We do the |, e returnetl^** /
tV^'not
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ness anr
murderers if they are captured.
of the Callaway’s came frightened
and crying to Deputy Justice saying
that, her father and mother were
dead.
The officer immediately went to
the house, took in the situation, and I Robe the Granltville Bank of Heven
YOUNG MAN GONE WRONG.
notified the coroner.
Thousand Dollars.
THEY BUNCOED HIM.
The Augusta Chronicle says the
Bank of Granitvilie is short $7,800,
A Maryland Fanner Is>ses Big Sum I and the shortage is charged up to
in an Old Game.
William A. Moffett, a prosperous
Maryland farmer, Is out $r>,000, the
victim of the Spanish hidden treasure
swindle, which has been operated
for many years. He is at his home,
near Hanover, having Just returned
from Spain, bewailing his fate and
-V. m * y
Walters,
the Questions Agked
jmnortk»t oues-
jall lllHlI tlte CV sJ
he
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Moss.
The services were condMcte.'V hy
the Rev. R. 8. Truesdale, pastor ol
Central Methodist church, where Dr
Carlisle held bis membership. H*-
was Interred at Magnolia cemetery
8pn rtauburg
Formal snpouncemeut of the deatb
of I>r. Carlisle was made to the stu
dents of Wofford College at Chape
Thursday morning by President H
N. Snyder. He was filled with emo
Mon when he told the students tha!
the former president had finished hi
work here and had gone fo reap hi
reward. Following the announce
ment. Dr. Snyder said there would
he no exercises Thursday and Fri
day. The old College bell, the ring
ing of which bad been sweet to th*
ears of the deceased educator foi
more than fifty years, was tolled.
4 8 taps being given. Dr. Carlisif
Is survived by two children, Jamei
H. CarWsle, Jr., and Miss Sallie Car
lisle, and two brothers and one sis
ter, Mrs. William Morrison, and
Thomas Carlisle, of Blackstock, S
C., and Capt. J. W. Carlisle, of Spar
tanburg.
KIDNAPPED GIRL RETURNED.
■v
Mysteriously Left Near Home of Hot
Futhufr—
Jennie Lopaz, the four and a half
year old girl who wAs believed to
have been. kidnapped while |t play
in front of her home fa "East Thirty-
ninth atreet, New York, on Septem
ber 7 last, was mysteriously return
ed to the vicinity of bir home before
daylight Tuesday. -
A policeman found the child alone
In the darkened street two blocks
from ‘the tenement occupied by her
parents. A long towel was wrapped
several times about the child’s head,
ther to muffle ber cries or conceal
Identity. _
girl was stolen her fatb-
a prosperous fruit dealer,
numerous lettere de-
>f money and
#> t VI .1 _
VPW-vlt.a, ». »a w . b . Kc'*
will aot catch hold' of anything ex
eept the cotton fiber.
Theae spindles are revolving rap
idly and when a lock of cotton i«
touched it is caught and wrapped
around the spindle. The spindles
then move out of the plant, stoi
revolving, and the cotton Is taken
off by ribs similar to the breast of
a gain. It falls on conveyors, which
empty it in bags at the rear of the
machine. A t>oy sits on the rear of
the machine and packs the cotton in
the bags. The boy would not be
needed if the bags were large enough
to hold a round without packing.
Very few pieces of looks are left
n the burrs. The cotton left is
usually in whole bolls or locks. The
spindles either miss them or else
ire already loaded when they come
in contact with them. When a
spindle engages a lock, it usually
twistts it aKout. Running the ma
chine over a* row the second time
demonstrated the fact that practically
all the cotton could be gotten the
first time by doubling the capacity
of the machine, which can be done
by lengthening the battery of spin
dles.
Angus Campbell, of Pittsburg, the
Inventor of the machine, saw the
mgchlnn work. He hM been work
ing at ft •(gb'f or 1eX - yif4fi. It has
also been Improved by other inven
tors, working under the direction of
Mr. Price, who has thrown his whole
soul and energy and vast financial
resources into the development of
the machine. He does not even.read
the cotton market reports wired to
vim at Bennetts ville, so intensely
s he engrossed in ther tests of the
picker. He spends each day out at
ienator McLaurin’g plantation, and
la usually accompanied by Mrs. Price,
who Is with him at the McCall hotel
at Beniettsville. »*•
ft- **>1 A
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mark
cla' '
Superintendent
Swear I ii^
prom
Stoat^wa*'’*-''
< gtrA; < rnor of Houffc
r to suspend
Crtru-
election. j | n g debris of wrecked mills, dwel-
At this meeting Mr. Llmehouse was ung, and flaking camps. Thrilling
not present and Mr. Rumph. socord-1 t^a of narrow escapes and daring
Ing to some of the affidavits, author-1 re acues came from the storm swept
ited O. B. Llmehouse to act in his I a ]-e a . , ^ ~ ' ~~
place. Mr. Doar. It Is claimed, was! Que of tha viettma Of the storm
the only member of the hoard In I | n Terre Bonne Pariah mm M.—F»
position to Issue the certificates. It I Smith, of New Iboiia, who .with hla
is claimed that the majority of the I brother, A. F« Smith, sad a do—
additional names were negroes and friends, made up a fishing part? ■»
that they did not appear in person Beabreexe. The brother of tho
to get the certificates as is required I irowned man reached Houna, La.,
Burnett, of that town. Mr. Burnett j h y i, w but that they were secured I Wednesday, bringing tho news o|
was a bookkeeper in the bank, hav-1 h y other parties. J his brother** death,
ing charge of the personal ledger. The precincts where the Irregularl J Pleasure craff Md shtpptng Of all
When confronted with the accusa- f)P8 are alleged to have occurred I kinds In the hajfrfc Inlets w«ro t0Ul-
tion he admitted most of it and hiB| arf a n ( n the lower section of the | ly destroyed hnd ths loon will to
people have promised to make the L. ount y The affair has cseated no I heavy. Store hOWpOA *o*ar mills
amount good. I mtle Interest in Dorchester county I and othsr vlllagM entered beevtty
It is stated that young Burnett I and the action of the governor, tt is | and scarcely *, otfucture wee
has been extracting money from the undpr8 t 00< j, w ||| employ attorneys In
bank for some time but it only be- j order to defend themselves against
E, C. Burnett, a son of Dr. H. J.
i.uaauaiTg
pus
c .-s.t PUH <vpnoK
( B,ton
‘dwt
Launch Party Missing.
Tbs launch Sarah L., five days out
of Walker. Minn., is believed to havt
goto down with all on board ion I > If voii-aeew the
Lelch Lake In the gtoym which swlpt!
?a»f; + *2iKS. -
ford Ccii.ege, wj,,.
dency of I»r. Carlisle.
Since 1«5 4 the hiMtory of Wofford
College has been larg.-ly determined
hy James H. C’arliHlc. l n 18 7G he
was elected president of the Institu
tion. At different times be has
taught mat hematics, astronomy, civ
ics. ethics, the English Bible. He wan
more thoroughly conversant with
South Carolina history than any liv
ing man. He is the author of an ex
cellent text book on astronomy, en
titled, "The Young Astronomer."
Time and again flatterng offers from
other institutions have been made,
but to all of them he ever gave a
courteous refusal, prefering to serve
that institution of his church to
which he consecrated his lofty char
acter and resplendent abilities.'
The honors that have come to Dr.
Carlisle have always been unsought.
Being modst and unassuming, the
very idea of seeking a personal hon
or seems utterly foreign to his noble
nature. He was elected a member
of the first general conference of
his church of which laymen were
meml)ers, and was elected to each
succeeding one as long as he felt
able to go. He was a delegate from
his church to several Ecumenical
conferences. He was a member of
the M<5WMon convention, signing the
famous ordinance. He was a repre
sentative in the late confederate leg
islature, 1863-4. these were the
first and only political offices he held,
though time and again he has been
urged to accept . positipns of honor
and trust in State and nation.
Wofford's adored president has
ever been a spiritual magnet, draw
ing out the highest and nobleat in
the young men who hav$ come under
his influence. Hit stattly form, his
graceful movement, bi» loving yet
firm voice, and his benign face, have
blended In an Imperative call to
young manhood tb*t has found a
response In every heart that baa
known him.
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, S- C. t’J •J’X'X w* «
. -roLoinn
have such to have any sticcess oi
standing whatsoever. I do not think
this a movement to "turn the heads,
so to speak, of this class. Where
did right schooling ever do such?
But I do Iwdicve |t a sane and neces
sary and feasible movement, which
heaven knows I wish hearty success
came known to the bank officials | the charges preferred against thorn
Mitle the young man was away on
~ lutSmer'trip. On Friday a war-
Fnt was irsued for the young man.
he had left the commftnity.
Sunday Mr. W. A. Giles, president
te _bank. recel/fd infomaMon
Ao bell
All three members maintain
Innocence. /
KILLS
XL Hi
.theater
1$ ANu
-
tounebed by the hurrlcaM.
The damage done by the storm at
Grand Island, Cheniere, Camlnda,
was very heavy, but at tbeee place#
’here was no loss of life. The wops
of theue islands were totally destroy
ed and the swange groves were str
ped cleaa v fruit and foliage.
e^bet
High l*raiM\
Bi&hop Candler once said that he
would rather his boy would simply
go into a room where Dr. Carlisle’s
old coat was hung up than to be
under the real tuition of many a so-
called great educator.
nation, and you will find his endur
ing memorial.
The last time that Dr. Carlisle
appeared in public was during the
summer school for teachers at Wof
ford College, when it was the pleas
ure of the teachers to hear an in
teresting address on school life of
long ago, and on Washington’s visit
to South Carolina after he had been
elected president of the United States.
Prior to this time he had not made
an adjdr^ba in public for many
months.
The commencement at Wofford last
June was the first commencement
missed by Dr. Carlisle for more
than two score years. When he was
a member of the faculty he alwayg
oecuped a seat on the rostura during
the commencement season, and after
he retired frLm the active presi
dency of the college, he never missed,
an exercise. Lasf Junerhowever, he
was indisposed and It was impos-..
sible for him to attend any of the
exercises at the college.
Dr. Carlisle was president of Wof
ford College from 1875 to 1902..
when he resigned and becamejjri,,.
dent emeritus. Following B federat*
Ignatlon. Dr. H. N. Snyder T | Ce preai-
ed. Although he reslgnedScgr Com-
y^i.'koTs.mwftvme.
- -ow daya ago,
Ask thy i-rcacner, — Ask the L
Ask the avvyer, Ask the ' '*
thvy were therefore guilty of m
der.
Solicitor Wells argued that wince
the defense was based on a specific
statute, section 2, the burden of prov
ing tbe fitness and applicability oi
this statute rested on the defense.
Then he attacked this plea with
muth vigoF, making a telling im
pression on the Jury. He endeavored
to show that because these men wen-
frightened was no sufficient excuse
for the act. “The law doesn’t ex
empt them because they are arrant
cowards," said he.
Mr. Ragsdale, for the defense, clos
ed the arguments, making a pow
erful appeal to the Jury in behalf
of his clients. He endeavored to
show an alnw-nce of any motive for
the killing, a fact which the 8tau*
has not attempted to establish. Ife
ridiculed much of the State’s tes
timony and sought to discredit some
of its witnesses.
While the appeal was eloquent,
moving tbe hearts of many in the
audience, strong and forceful, in
terms elegant and refined, st'Jl it
was scar ely more than an attempt
to play on the sympathies of the
jury. He attempted to show that
by the imimp**, it wajL dark . ; wheo pjctoua mann
the shooting deeurrod, that Avanu
and Blgham seeing this suspicious
looking person on the premises were
only acting In defense of their homes
and loved ones. Several times dur
ing Mr. Ragsdile’t speech both the
defendant*, Avant and Blgbam. were
moved to tears and sat sol&tng.
their faces buried their hands.
Judge ^Ca« short
but to Vat ♦<• . . * \ytboee
tfinton. Supply
a shotgun
hi* IbraingA’*
sho’. ran
first
fr
laugnteii >ra.
In tbe lock and—1?^.. \
The conductor bad an' awful tQto
ringing up faro*, collecting nickels
and punching transfers with hlf
manacled hands and not nntll ne
got back to Fort Lee could he get
off duty and have the handcuffs filed
off his wrists.
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nlcrod, MtuateU if
o tcnanjjuntscv^ 51
FHghtfuI Fall of Rain.
A dispatch from Pensaoola, Fla.,
says a terrific downpour of rain,
almost equaling a cloudburst, struck
that city early Thursday night, stop
ping street car traffic, putting the
city waterworks plant out of com-
luiftsion and damaging other prop
erty. • %
Many of the streets were flooded
to a depth of four inches. Accord
ing to the weather bureau the rain
GJJ to 4.26 inches in
one hour.
A Good One.
The New York World offers the
suggestion to Mr. Hearst that >. he
should take out burglar proof poli
cies on al! the new parties he forms.
T; * ^.nlvnttonMPPly in the «
th>pu tbe defemi
halted, ‘
^ere UU 1 ,:
within their legal rights, as indicat
ed in the section.
The clause "flees when baited,"
which had been stressed by Solicitor
Cooper was defined by Judge Watts
** not net»««»H)y "ronnieg away.’,
but that a person might flee and yet
not move faster than in * walk.
fcan? have questioned tbe matter
of both defendants being principals
commission of tbe deed, some
that Avant, who admitted
shot, was or
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finality of a
‘tot sold fi
*»d which
•tore at $I8.'*
Another
"Imply a holi
fencu.” This
cloth for $2 _
the same goods
—for |6 cents a
The suits made of it are sold
retailer ft>r $1«.60 -
for $25. Jf the
at tin ShgUch
retailer would
and the wearer to
And so it goee. thro
list, thanks to the tariff law
the president pt the ^
fining la the
licah
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r and*
U to told
to take sn Inferior
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